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This drive came with my T41p but I replaced it with a 100GB-7K100 right away. Drive fitness didn't find any errors. Since my laptop is under IBM warranty until May-07, I will handle the warranty claim in that time period, if the drive should fail.

Hitachi 7K60 - HTS726060M9AT00
60GB
7200 rpm
PATA
manuf. date: 02-26-2005

It currently holds the HPA with XPP for my T41p. I can leave it this way or erase, repartition and format the drive, that's up to the buyer.

I'm asking for $60 shipped via Priority Mail within the US, but will ship anywhere in the world, just ask for an updated shipping quote. Payment via PayPal, please add $4 if you want to pay with a credit card.

Thanks for looking,
-Orevin-

bump for a great customer.

this is an insane price. someone should snap this up.

brentpresley wrote:bump for a great customer.

this is an insane price. someone should snap this up.

It's a very nice primary drive. The only caveat is that it draws too much power to be powered from a USB port, so if you want to use it as an external drive, you will need a power supply.

tomh009 wrote:

brentpresley wrote:bump for a great customer.

this is an insane price. someone should snap this up.

It's a very nice primary drive. The only caveat is that it draws too much power to be powered from a USB port, so if you want to use it as an external drive, you will need a power supply.

Not true.

This is HIGHLY dependent on the USB port in question. I've run one of these from the USB port of my T42 with no problems.

An older desktop system, however, gave me fits.

It all boils down to how well the company that built your machine (or USB hub IN your machine) adhered to USB specification.

tomh009 wrote:The only caveat is that it draws too much power to be powered from a USB port, so if you want to use it as an external drive, you will need a power supply.

I've never seen that behavior with any 7K60 connected to a USB adapter and I've had more than a hundred of them go through my shop.

At worst you might have to use a second USB connector to ensure sufficient voltage for the HD, but you shouldn't need an external power supply for any laptop HD.

James

It's also dependent on the enclosure you use, some require additional power for any size drive, some don't. My particular enclosure requries power for any size drive I put in it.

JHEM wrote:I've never seen that behavior with any 7K60 connected to a USB adapter and I've had more than a hundred of them go through my shop.

At worst you might have to use a second USB connector to ensure sufficient voltage for the HD, but you shouldn't need an external power supply for any laptop HD.

I haven't tried the dual USB connector trick (though that's not really desirable on my X31 which only has two ports!) but essentially that's really doing the same thing: supplying more than 500 mA to the drive.

The particular 7K60 I have would try, but fail to spin up in a USB-powered enclosure. It had no trouble in an externally-powered enclosure, and my various 5400 rpm drives had no trouble in that same USB-powered enclosure.

FWIW, the 7K60 is rated for 5.5W for startup power (that's twice the power it needs to seek, and four times the idle power draw). At 5 volts, that's 1100 mA, double what the USB connection is rated for. The 5K100 is rated at 5.0W startup, still well over USB specs, but apparently the port has that much tolerance.

Of course your mileage may vary: (1) my 7K60 may have drawn abnormally high power, (2) you may have used ThinkPad models other than the X31, or (3) my X31 may be particularly sensitive to USB current draw.

But there is definitely a risk that a 7200 rpm drive will draw too much power to be run from a (single) USB port ...

I connected the drive to several laptops today and had no power issues. However, I wouldn't get a 7200rpm drive to put it in a enclosure (a cheaper 4200/5400rpm drive would be sufficient). If you have an older laptop with a slower and smaller HD, this one would be a nice upgrade to improve speed and capacity.

Last bump, price slightly adjusted. I just figured out that I can accept 5 CC payments per year with my Personal PP account, fees are quite high though.

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